Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in Rhode Island

Facility Name Description Activities Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor To go directly to the Blackstone River Valley website click the IN DEPTH button. The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor is a special type of national park. It is a region of  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Fishing , Groceries and Supplies , Hiking , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Restaurants and SnackBar , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing , Winter Sports Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Located approximately 12 miles offshore on picturesque Block Island, this small refuge provides important habitat for wildlife, and a place for people to appreciate the natural environment of the  more... Fishing , Wildlife Viewing Heritage Harbor Museum Heritage Harbor, located on the site of a former electrical power plant, is being developed as a 260,000 square-foot museum by a partnership of Rhode Island cultural and historical organizations. As  more... Museum/Visitor Center John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge Located within the picturesque Narrow River on the Southern Coast of Rhode Island, this Refuge is comparatively small in size, but big in protecting the unique features of this area. At 317  more... Fishing Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve The reserve encompasses 2,353 acres of land on Prudence, Patience and Hope islands and 1,591 acres of water adjoining the islands out to a depth of 18 feet. All three islands were used as farmland  more... Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge Named after one of the original chiefs of the Narragansett Indians, the Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Southern Coast of Rhode Island in the Town of Charlestown, Washington  more... Fishing , Hiking , Wildlife Viewing Roger Williams National Memorial Roger Williams National Memorial commemorates the life of the founder of Rhode Island and a champion of the ideal of religious freedom. Williams, banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs, founded  more... Museum/Visitor Center Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge Occupying a peninsula between the Sakonnet River and Rhode Island sound, the 242 acre Sachuest Point National Wildlife refuge is a very popular site for the over 65,000 annual visitors each year.   more... Fishing , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Wildlife Viewing Touro Synagogue National Historic Site Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1762, is the oldest synagogue in the United States and the only one that survives from the colonial era. The congregation was founded in 1658 by Sephardim, descendants  more... Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge Picturesque, peaceful, yet thriving with wildlife. Thats how many of the more than 50,000 annual visitors describe the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge. Spanning 800 acres on the  more... Fishing , Hiking , Wildlife Viewing